Have you ever felt like a lone sock in a dryer, tumbling endlessly, searching for its match, only to find... a button? That's a little how I felt listening to De/OS's (Taemin Kim's) new single, "Rise I." But in the best way possible. It's a swirling vortex of calm, a sonic kaleidoscope. The release is described as minimalist ambient, orchestral, zen…and yes, it’s all...

Trick Shooter Social Club's "Television," isn't some shiny, manufactured anthem. It's a scratched-up record, the kind you pull out after a long day where everything tasted like cardboard and feels the same kind of worn in and comfortable. This Chicago outfit, led by Larry Liss and Steve Simoncic, they’ve bottled that feeling into a song about quiet corners and the kind of love that...